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GAGE.-

APPLICATION FILED JULY z3. 1907.

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f GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed July 23, 1907. Serial No. 385,156.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL E. GOEHLE, Sr., a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Sault Ste. Marie, in the county of Chippewa andState of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gages,of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved gage attachment for application to a rule,straight edge,

or the like implement, to enable the same tov be used as a gage for thepurpose of scribing work and for similar purposes, and the saidinvention consists in the construction, oombination and arrangement ofdevices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure l is a plan View of a rule providedwith my improved gage attachment. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the gageattachment shown partly in section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 isan end elevation. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal sectional view of my improved gage attachment on the planeindicated by the line 5v5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of thesame on the plane indicated by the line 6 6 of Fig. 3.

My improved gage attachment 1 is made of sheet metal, is of rectangularform and is provided with arallel side walls 2 bent from the said p ateand with inwardly eX- tending flanges 3 bent from the said side Walls tooverhang a rule, straight edge or rod, such as indicated at c, andthereby enable the gage attachment to be placed on such rule, straightedge or rod and enable such gage attachment to be moved longitudinallythereon. The width of the space between the side walls 2 of the gageattachment eX- ceeds that of the rule or straight edge so that one ofthe side walls is spaced from the opposing edge of the rule or straightedge, as at 4, and in this space is a spring 5 which is attached to suchwall 2, as at 6, and the free portion of which bears against such edgeof 4the rule or straight edge to create friction between the gageattachment and the rule or straight edge to prevent such gage attachmentfrom being moved too freely on such rule or straight edge. A set screw7, which is here shown as having a winged head, operates in a threadedopening in the said side wall 2, such as indicated at 8, and bearsagainst such spring and enables the latter to be compressed against therule or straight edge so as to secure the gage attachment against casualmovement after such gage attachment has been placed at the requiredpoint on the rule or straight edge.

At the outer end of the gage attachment, and formed integrally therewithis a depending wall 9 which is bent therefrom and is provided at itslower side with a flange l0, parallel with the body of such gageattachment, and at its ends with inturned flanges 1].. Such flange 9 isprovided with openings 12, and anti-friction rollers 13 are employedwhich are mounted as on pins or other suitable devices 14 in the spacesformed between the bottom of the gage attachment and the iange lO andhave their outer sides extended through the openings 12. The saidantifriction rollers are adapted to bear against the edge of the board,timber or other work which is to be scribed by a pencil, the point ofwhich is held against the outer end of the rule or straight edge, saidrollers enabling the said gage attachment, together with the rule,straight edge or other implement in connection with which it is employedto be moved freely on the said board or timber.

Within the scope of my invention, the spring 5 may be of any suitable`construction and may be connected by any suitable means or in anysuitable manner to the gage attachment. Other modiiications may also bemade within the scope of the appended claims, and I do not desire,therefore, to limit myself to the precise construction and arrangementof devices herein shown and described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

l. A gage attachment for rules, straight edges and the like, comprisinga body made of sheet metal having its side edges bent to form side wallsprovided with flanges to engage and overhang such rule, straight edge orthe like and having one end bent in the opposite direction to form adepending transverse wall to be disposed opposite the work, a spring inone of the side walls of the body to bear against one edge of the rule,straight edge or the like and a set screw in said wall to apply saidspring to or release the same from said edge of the rule, straight edgeor the like.

2. A gage attachment for rules, straight edges or the like, comprising abody of sheet metal of rectangular form having its side between thebottom of the body and the said edges bent in one direction to providewalls having flanges to engage and overhang a rule, straight edge or thelike, to attach said body slidably thereto, said body further providedat one end with a bent portion-forming an end transversely disposed wallhaving openings and provided at its ends with inturned flanges, and atits lower side with an inwardly extending ilange forming a bottom, andanti-'friction rollers mounted in the space bottom flange and havingtheir outer sides lextended through the said openings, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature invpresence of two witnesses.

PAUL E. GOEHLE, SR.

Witnesses:

JOHN KILLAoKY, PETER NALLY.

